GELECHID”. 
and June on the Genista tinctoria, drawing together the terminal 
shoots. 
12. velocella (Tischer), Dup. L. I. xi. 287. pl. 297. f. 3 (1838); 
F. y. R. pl. 77. f. 4; Zell.; Dougl.—subsequella, Treit. Alis anticis 
saturate fuscis, punctis tribus (uno plice, altero posteriore disci ante, 
tertio disci pone medium) saturate fuscis, subscabris, maculis posticis 
oppositis albidis, costali distinctiore introrsum spectante. Wxp. al. 73 
lin. : 
Head and face dark fuscous. Palpi dark fuscous, internally pale 
yellowish. Antenne dark fusecous. Anterior wings dark fuscous, with 
three dark fuscous spots (one on the fold, one posterior to it on the 
dise before the middle, and one on the dise beyond the middle), slightly 
raised ; beyond are two whitish ill-defined opposite spots, that on the 
costa being the more distinct, and with its apex pointing rather inwards ; 
along the hinder margin are some dark fuscous scales ; cilia pale fus- 
cous. Posterior wings grey, with greyish-fuscous cilia. 
Appears at the end of April and beginning of May, and again 
in August; frequent on Barnes Common, flying freely in the hot 
sunshine in the middle of the day. 
13. fumatella, Dougl. Ent. Trans. i. n. s. 67 (1850). Alis anti- 
cis griseo-fuscis, apicem versus saturate fuscis, puncto elongato plice, 
puncto posteriore disci ante, puncto disci pone medium nigris, squamis 
pracedentibus ac sequentibus albidis, maculis posticis oppositis, fere fas- 
ciam vie angulatam formantibus, subochraceis. xp. al. 7 lin. 
Head greyish-fuscous. Face pale greyish-ochreous. Palpi fuscous, 
internally pale ochreous; terminal joint pale ochreous, with the base 
and a ring before the apex dark fuscous. Antenna fuscous. Anterior 
wings greyish-fuscous, posteriorly much suffused with dark fuscous, with 
three black spots, one on the fold, rather elongated, one on the dise pos- 
terior to it before the middle, and the third on the dise beyond the 
middle; these spots are preceded and followed by some whitish scales ; 
the two pale dingy ochreous opposite spots almost form a slightly angu- 
lated fascia; the hinder margin and apex of the costa are varied with 
black and whitish ; cilia greyish-fuscous. Posterior wings grey, with 
greyish-fuscous cilia. 
A scarce species, hitherto only met with among the sand-hills 
of the Cheshire coast, and at Dawlish Warren. 
14. ericetella, Hib. Tin. 470 (1829).—Betulea, Haw.; Step.— 
gallinella, Treit.; Dup.; Zell.—lanccolella, Step. Alis anticis fuscis, 
punclis quatuor saturate fuscis, nigrisve, ante et post sguamas albas 
(primo supra plicam basim versus, secundo plice, tertio disci ante, 
quarto disci pone medium). Exp. al. 74 lin. 
Head and face dark fuscous. Palpi dark fuscous, internally whitish. 
Antenne dark fuscous. Anterior wings /uscous, with four dark fuscous 
or black spots, each preceded and followed by some whitish scales ; the 
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